In the beginning, there was snow.
And the snow begat snowplows, snowblowers,
snow shovelers and very large pick-up
trucks with blades. And the snowplows,
snowblowers, snow shovelers and
very large pick-up trucks
with blades begat snow berms.
And the snow berms begat -- BERMTOPIA.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Thank you!

Tah-dah!

I'll be wrapping up our stay at Bemtopia-by-the-Sea stay (Spoiler alert: The Numbers do something pretty whacky.) -- and perhaps ruminate on a few things 2012 -- this weekend, but first I need to say, Thank You!

Our two- and four-legged friends at The (Mis)Adventures of Sage presented us with an oh-so-lovely Liebster Blog Award. This is a pretty cool thing for us "boutique bloggers." Here's the scoop:

The Liebster Blog Award originated in Germany and recognizes up-and-coming bloggers. It is meant to showcase those who have fewer than 200 followers (that would me -- I'm still reeling from the fact that "random followers" have now exceeded "family-and-friends followers":- ). (Liebster means “favorite” or “dearest” in German.) It's presented in the spirit of pay-it-forward.

To accept the award, one must:

1. Copy and paste the award on their blog (Check!)

2. Link back to the blogger who gave them the award (Check!)

3. Pick five favorite blogs with less than 200 followers, and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have received the award. And check!

Here goes:

a. Pants on a Raccoon: If you are a 30-Something raising kids under the age of 4 -- or if you want to re-live those glory days minus the little rascals creating chaos scampering around your house -- this blog is for you. CK's profile picture pretty much says it all for me.

b. Little Dogs on Long Leashes: Minx that she is, Miss Georgia Little Pea has ALREADY received a Liebster Award, but hey, it's the holidays. Plus her blog makes me laugh out loud. And she deigned "Bermtopia" a boutique blog.

3 comments:

oh you calling me a minx now? you oughta be glad you're across some big water, Ms Mary, and i'm not such a good swimmer [yet].

THANK YOU SO MUCH for giving me the award!! i shall make sure The Typist puts you in the #1 spot for next year's awards post. you are too TOO kind :)

i hope the berms are treating you gently this winter, and mr ben too. and that you're having a great 1st day of the new year. [assuming you're already there, i don't know for sure because you're a bit slow where you are].

Bermtopia: My home town

A self-avowed winterphobe negotiates the seasons, kitchens, gardens and dogs formerly in Bermtopia (an idyllic little burg in the hinterlands of eastern Washington) and NOW in The Beav, a suburban mecca just outside Portland, Ore. Bermtopia was occasionally cursed with snow (which how this blog came to be) -- and The Beav with rain, but both are always, relentlessly, entertaining -- my hometowns.

And, yes, I occasionally cook -- and am more than happy to tell you about it at http://becauseisaidsokitchen.blogspot.com